Hadith 4982
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ يَعْنِي الْحَذَّاءَ ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنْتُ رَدِيفَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَعَثَرَتْ دَابَّةٌ ، فَقُلْتُ : تَعِسَ الشَّيْطَانُ , فَقَالَ : لَا تَقُلْ تَعِسَ الشَّيْطَانُ ، فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَعَاظَمَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ الْبَيْتِ ، وَيَقُولُ : بِقُوَّتِي , وَلَكِنْ قُلْ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَصَاغَرَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ الذُّباب " .
Abu al-Malih reported on the authority of a man: I was riding on a mount behind the prophet ﷺ. It stumbled. Thereupon I said: May the devil perish! He said: do not say; may the devil perish! For you say that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and say: by my power. But say: in the name of Allah; for when you say that, he will diminish so much so that he will be like a fly.
